IT Consultant (Solutions Architect)
- Contract
Company Description
TekWissen LLC
Job Description
Description:-
The selected candidate will provide overall technical guidance and leadership in a variety of projects involving web, distributed, vendor and mainframe applications.
- Upon approval / funding of a solution, resource will assist with the project implementation by:
- Provide overall technical architecture / design leadership for implementation of the solution
- Assist with Detail system design to a point where implementation can proceed
- Identify and document architecturally significant aspects/views of the systems
- Ensure that the design is consistent with the overall architecture
- Collect, deliver and present any industry best-practices
- Provide rationale for architecture / design decisions
- Balance concerns of competing software quality requirements
- Ensure consistent use of software engineering methodology
- Ensure that significant design decisions are communicated, validated, and adhered to.
- Participate in Client (Healthcare) internal QR review and Architecture Peer Reviews
- Represent the architecture group to senior management, business partners and architectural group
Qualifications
Top 3 Skills/Experience:-
- Strong solution architecture background with emphasis on clinical, wellness and provider related solutions ¿ at least 5 years
- Experience with vendor evaluation and selection including capacity to complete platform assessments and architectural fit ¿ at least 5 years
- Knowledge in clinical, provider and health data to leverage as part of assigned project solution architecture work ¿ at least 5 years
Required Skills and Experience
- Good facilitator with above average communication skills
- Solid working knowledge of requirements management principles and techniques (e.g. use case)
- Proven experience in translating system architecture to specific design decisions
- Thorough understanding of OOAD and UML
- Practical experience with common modeling and development tools (e.g. Rose, WSAD)
- Familiarity with the technology with which the system will be implemented
- Familiarity with industry best design approaches
- Share a common understanding of software engineering process with the enterprise solution architects.
- Communication skills that earn trust, motivate, persuade, and mentor
- Proactive and goal-oriented with a focus on results
- Practical experience with common architectural patterns and principles
- Proven capability of managing competing priorities
- A professional habit of continuously learning and self-improvement
- Experience with Vendor Package / Product evaluation, selection, integration and design
- Experience with web architecture and design
Addition technical skills outlined, the strongest candidates will:
- Have experience in the health care / health insurance industries
- Have extensive experience in vendor product evaluation and selection
- Have extensive experience in web application architecture and design
- Have experience with the integration of internally and externally hosted applications
- Have very strong interpersonal skills
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Prior healthcare industry experience preferred (e.g. HIPPA Compliance Standards)
Educational Requirements
- Bachelor¿s degree in Management of Information Systems, Computer Science or Engineering (Master¿s degree preferred)